"Soosai's wife, son and daugther and his brother's wife and daughter were captured by the Navy while they tried to flee the island from the Mullaitivu coast," "Huge sums of money were recovered from them. The money is being counted still," the navy said.

Colombo (PTI) Family members of LTTE's naval wing chief Soosai, including his wife, were on Friday captured by the Sri Lankan Navy as they tried to flee the island in a boat and huge sums of money were recovered from them.

Soosai, the chief of 'Sea Tigers', is a close confidant of Velupillai Prabhakaran and said to be the senior most leader in the military wing after the LTTE supremo.

"Soosai's wife, son and daugther and his brother's wife and daughter were captured by the Navy while they tried to flee the island from the Mullaitivu coast," the navy said. "Huge sums of money were recovered from them. The money is being counted still," it said.

Soosai, whose real name is Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan, is wanted by Interpol for his involvement in various terrorist attacks across Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Air Force had in February destroyed Soosai's hideout near Pudukudiyyirippu and he is believed to have been seriously injured in the attack.